The document discusses the differences between traditional "old school" startups and more modern "lean" startups. Lean startups focus on getting feedback from users early, implementing the minimum viable product, leveraging existing tools and services like open source software and cloud computing platforms, and paying for resources on demand rather than purchasing everything upfront. This lean approach allows startups to have shorter feedback loops, focus on their core business, and get their product to market faster with less initial capital than traditional methods.

2. Lean
Fluffy
Startup?
Lean
Thinking
Cloud
Computing
Small
Company

3. Old
School
Startup
Code
incognito
for
a
year
Get
VC’s
to
believe
f
Invest
lots
o
$$$
in
me?
Buy
lots
of
cool
servers

4. Lean
Thinking
Learn
from
users
Implement
Tell
everyone
bare
minimum
Release

5. Minimum
Viable
Product
(MVP)

6. Focus
On
Your
Core
Business

7. Leverage
Other
People
Work
Open
Source
Software
As
A
Service
(SAAS)

8. !NOT_INVENTED_HERE
Sweet,
I
just
added
Google
Maps
to
my
mobile
app!
OR
Let’s
see…if
I
download
some
map
data
from
a
government
website……..

9. SAAS
Example
SIP
service
for
½
cent/min
Implement
REST
service
Setup
SIP
server
Code
up
sockets,
channels,
timeouts,
queues,
security,
etc

10. Leveraging
Twilio
Twilio
makes
phones
ring
for
2
cents/min
REST
API
Development
&
Operations
teams
supporting
platform

11. This
Includes
Tools
Code
Repository
Team
Collaboration
Requirements

12. Cloud
Computing
Purchase
Upfront
OR
Pay
As
You
Go

13. Act
Like
The
Big
Boys
Redundant
servers
in
multiple
datacenters
Databases
with
remote
backup
Content
distribution
network
Load
balancing
Server
monitoring
Auto-­‐scaling
High
availability
storage

14. Configurable
In
A
Console

15. Less
Time
On
System
Administration
Fewer
Headaches

16. Amazon
Relation
Database
Service
Configured
from
a
console
Backups
Patches
Replication
Migrate
to
larger
server
on-­‐demand

17. Powerful
Combination
Short
User
Feedback
Loops
Learn
From
Users
Focus
On
Your
Core
Business
Implement
Tell
Everyone
Bare
Minimum
Deploy
to
Cloud
Cheap
Resources
Pay
As
You
Go

18. The
Rules
Of
The
Game
Are
Changing
Collaboration
Incognito
Rapid
Feedback

19. The
Rules
Of
The
Game
Are
Changing
Time
To
Market
Months
or
years
Days
or
weeks

20. The
Rules
Of
The
Game
Are
Changing
Upfront
Capital
Significant
Just
Enough

21. Everyone
Can
Play
Now!
What
company
will
you
start?